comfort I Long to Be Comforted, But Where Will I Find Comfort? May 10, 2025 Life has a way of making us feel uncomfortable. I once attended a summer wedding in a farm meadow. It was oppressively hot and humid that day. It wasn’t the best day
Peace Peace on Earth: Middle East? December 23, 2023 “Peace in the Middle East” is such a long-standing pressing need that it has become a cruel joke for a platform in beauty contest satires and other portrayals of impossible aspiration.
Controversy It's Not Enough to be Right March 21, 2023 It’s been well said that it’s possible to win the argument but lose the person. Similarly, it’s possible to be on the right side of a debate, but conduct ourselves
contentment The Danger of Discontent February 03, 2022 Discontent seeks to sour the sweetness of all that God is and has chosen to give in our lives. We begin to resent what we've been given, and covet what we haven't.
Ecclesiology A "Canceled" Synod? June 10, 2021 “Christians who can no longer listen to one another will soon no longer be listening to God either ..."
thanksgiving Stressed Out for the Holiday? November 24, 2020 The Puritans are often considered the quintessential curmudgeons of the Christian faith. This is untrue, but often repeated nonetheless. Could you imagine taking stress relief counsel from them? Would they even understand? They
Fear When the Leaf Rattles April 21, 2020 On a Saturday afternoon recently, I joined my wife to help her finish picking up our yard. A cold front had blown through earlier in the week, chasing away momentarily the warming spring
Coronavirus Christians and Coronavirus February 28, 2020 Self-isolation; pandemic; super spreader; coronavirus; covid-19. Just a few of the words and phrases that have become part of everyday conversation in the weeks since the first outbreak of a novel coronavirus was
psalm3 Safe to Sleep - Psalm 3 January 27, 2019 When David wrote this Psalm, he had been driven from his throne. His son Absalom rose up and, by saying what people wanted to hear, turned Israel against their king. His father left
Hope Good Plans For Applying Jeremiah 29:11 April 13, 2016 What is your greatest desire in life? And what is right now your most difficult situation in life? And how do to the two relate? If you know Christ, you know what the